Bobby form



Dec. 20, 1932; 5. DAVID 1,891,589

BOBBY FORM Filed Feb.- 25, 1952 INVENTOR Patented Dec. 20, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE BOBBY FORM Application filed February 23, 1932.Serial No. 594,496.

My invention relates to a form upon which a womans hair may be rolled,to remain a constituent part of the coiffure when the operation ofhair-dressing has been completed.

The device is called a bobby form, and is distinguished from ahair-curling or waving device, in that it is a thing to be worn when thehair is in dressed arrangement. Novelty will be found in the structureof the bobby form. It is a device which includes very few, if any, metalparts; the materlal of which it is constructed is soft and yielding; thedevice includes no hard members or parts to bear uncomfortably upon thehead of the wearer, and, in brief, it is a thing inexpensive tomanufacture, adequate in point of utility, and comfortable to wear.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing. Fig.

I is a view of my bobb form in side elevation and in closed position;Fig. II is a view in cross-section, taken on the plane IIII of Fig. I,and illustrating how it clamps the hair; Fig. III is a view of thedevice in plan from above; Fig. IV is a view in side elevation,comparable with Fig. I, showing the device in distended position, readyto receive a strand of hair; and Fig. V is a view in side elevation,illustrating a modificaton 0 in structure.

The bobby form comprises two elongate members, 1 and 2, adapted to besecured together adjacent their opposite ends. The two members 1, 2 maybe integrated at one 5 end and provided at their opposite ends withfastening means, as shown in Figs. I-IV, or the two members 1, 2 may becompletely separable, and provided each at both ends with fasteningmeans, as indicated in Fig.

40 V. In either case the bobby form comprises a plurality of,conveniently two, elongate members which are adapted to be unitedadjacent their opposite ends.

The body members 1, 2 are molded or otherwise fashioned of flexible andelastic material, advantageously a rubber of soft or spongycharacteristics. At the otherwise free ends of the members 1, 2fastening means are provided. The fastening means may, as shown in thiscase, comprise the complementary elements 3 and 4 of the wellknownsnap-fastener. The fastener element 3 is provided with a ball 5, andelement 4 includes a socket 6, to receive and yieldingly secure the ball5, whereby mutual attachment of the elements is effected. The bodies ofthe fastener elements 3, 4 are embedded in the respective members 1 and2, so that the unitingof the fastener elements (that is, the insertionof ball 5 in socket 6) effects the securing of the members 1, 2 inface-toface contact. Advantageously, the fastener elements 3, 4 aresecured by vulcanization in the respective rubber body members 1 and 2of the device.

As appears in Fig. II a strand of hair H is clamped between the bodymembers 1, 2 of the bobby form; the two members 1, 2 are spread apart(of. Fig. IV), to admit of the ready insertion of the hair, and, whenthe strand of hair has been inserted between the members and the formproperly placed, the otherwise free ends of the members 1, 2 are unitedby means of the snap-fastener 3, 4. The meeting faces 1a and 2a of thebody members 1, 2 are, accordingly, pressed snugly upon the hair, thenatural characteristics of the rubber assisting the clamping effect insecuring the hair in place between such faces.

The end of the strand of hair being thus secured (Fig. II) between thebody members 1, 2, the device is manually rotated, rolling the hair uponitself, until the device has, in rolling up the hair, moved to aposition against the head of the user. It will be per.- ceived that thetwo members 1, 2 when united provide a form upon which the hair may bespread and wound. The members 1 and 2 are of soft, flexible, and pliantmaterial, and, when united, they constitute a hair-dressing form whichis pliant. \Vhen the hair has been completely wound, the hair-envelopedform rests against the head-of the wearer, and, because of its plia'ncyand resilience it lends itself comfortably to the curvature of the head.

At the opposite ends of the hobby form, I make provision for securingthe rolled and hair-enveloped form by means of hair-pins in placeagainst the head of the wearer. Such provision is found in two ears 7and 8, each provided with a hole 9. As a matter of choice, areinforcementsay an expanded metal eyelet 10may be secured in each hole9. When the bobby form and the hair rolled upon it have been brought toposition in the manner described against the head of the wearer,hairpins of ordinary structure are passed through the holes 9 and arethen knitted into the hair close to the head of the wearer thus securingthe roll. When the roll has so been secured, the hair rolled upon theform may be spread, to overlie the ends of the bobby form, so that boththe hobby form and the hair-pins will be hidden from View, and only thecoiled hair will be visible.

It is important to note that structurally the body members 1, 2 are soshaped that together they constitute a cylindrical form (of.crosssectional view in Fig. II) upon which the hair can be easily andnicely rolled. The body member 2 is inset at 11, so that when the bodymember 1 is united with it, a smooth and symmetrical hair-dressing formis provided.

In case the bobby form is constructed in two separate body members, asshown in Fig. V, I provide an inset 11 adjacent each end of the device,so that the above-mentioned symmetrical form is obtained when the partsare assembled. I also contemplate that the snapfastener elements may beconstructed integrally and of one material with the parts 1 and 2. Thatis to say, a ball 12 of rubber (conveniently a rubber harder than thatof which the members 1, 2 are built) is set in the face 1a of member 1and by vulcanization integrat ed with member 1. A co-operating socket 13may similarly be formed in or applied to the body 2, within its face 2a.When the bobby form is constructed of members which are separable atboth ends, as indicated in Fig. V, I provide snap-fastener elements 3, 4or 12, 13 at both ends of the device.

It is a matter of common knowledge that bobbed hair, due to therelatively short length of the hair, is difiicult to dress and secure inrolled arrangement, and it may be remarked that my structure isparticularly adapted for use with such bobbed hair. A short, as well asa long, strand of hair may be readily rolled upon the form.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bobby form for hair, which form includes a plurality of elongatedbody members of flexible and elastic material adapted to be securedtogether adjacent their ends, and adapted to clamp between their meetingfaces a strand of hair, said body members comprising together ahair-dressing form upon which the hair may be rolled, and means adjacentthe ends of said body members shaped for co-operation with hair-pins insecuring the hair-enveloped form to the head of the wearer.

2. A bobby form for hair, which form includes two elongate body membersof flexi- 3. In a bobby form for hair, the combination of a plurality ofelongate, complementary and separable members which together constitutea flexible roll, means for securing the members together upon a strandof hair, and a passage for hair pins included in the structure at eachof its opposite ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SARA DAVID.

